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Gulf of Mexico — Cayos Arcas
By WALKER, J[ohn], 1826
Plan of the Baxo de las Arcas in the Gulf of Mexico. From a Spanish Printed Plan.
- Author: WALKER, J[ohn]
- Publication place: London
- Publisher: Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty
- Publication date: 6th June 1826.
- Physical description: Engraved chart.
- Dimensions: 205 by 240mm. (8 by 9.5 inches).
- Inventory reference: 11613
Notes
Rare Admiralty chart of the Cayos Arcas, in the Gulf of Mexico.
The title states that the chart was copied from a ‘Spanish printed Plan’, this refers to the ‘Portulano de la America Setentrional’ a work published by the Spanish Admiralty in 1809, and containing 111 charts of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. A second edition of the pilot was published in 1818 with 121 charts.
John Walker, founding members of the Royal Geographic Society, was a leading mapmaker and engraver working in London in the first half of the nineteenth century. He is known to have produced numerous charts for James Horsburgh and the Admiralty.
The title states that the chart was copied from a ‘Spanish printed Plan’, this refers to the ‘Portulano de la America Setentrional’ a work published by the Spanish Admiralty in 1809, and containing 111 charts of the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. A second edition of the pilot was published in 1818 with 121 charts.
John Walker, founding members of the Royal Geographic Society, was a leading mapmaker and engraver working in London in the first half of the nineteenth century. He is known to have produced numerous charts for James Horsburgh and the Admiralty.
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